Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Gwendolyne", written and performed by Julio Iglesias. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected its entry through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) | |||
| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 2º Festival de la Canción Española | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 12 February 1970 13 February 1970 Final 14 February 1970 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Julio Iglesias | |||
| Selected song | "Gwendolyne" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Julio Iglesias | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 8 points | |||
| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
edit2º Festival de la Canción Española
editTo select its entry, Televisión Española (TVE) organised the 2º Festival de la Canción Española at the Palau Nacional in Barcelona on 12–14 February 1970, hosted by Laura Valenzuela and Joaquín Prat. It was the second and final edition of the Festival. Twenty songs competed over three shows, with the winner song being decided upon through regional jury voting.
Competing entries
editTwenty compositions were selected to compete in the national final by the broadcaster, with two designated acts per song. As regulations only allowed a maximum of three performers and three backing vocalists, groups were able to compete by designating one or two vocalists, with the rest of the group featuring as backing vocalists. Some performers that had been initially selected withdrew or were replaced before the live shows.[1]
| Artist 1 (Credited singer) |
Artist 2 (Credited singer) |
Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Valentino | Ángela Escribano | "Balada de invierno" | María José de Ceratto |
| Los Dos | Los 80 Centavos (Asunción) | "Balada del maderero" | Rafael García Loza, Julio Mengod |
| Elena | Ernesto | "Bienvenido" | Vicente Roca, Joan Solé Tutusaus |
| Karlo y las Hermanas Ros | Los Musicales (Beatriz y Ester) | "Carrusel" | Joan Serracant, Vicente Sabater |
| Jaime Morey | Maya[a] | "De pronto, tú" | Aurora Sánchez-Sousa, José Luís Pecker |
| Los Mismos (Helena) | Gaby Berger | "Don Juan" | Lucía Graves, Ramón Farrán |
| Franciska | Nino Bravo | "Esa será mi casa" | Enrique Carnicer, Carmen Fons, Álvaro Sebastián |
| Rafaleón | Los Valldemosa (Margaluz y Rafael) | "Fiesta" | Lucía Graves, Ramón Farrán |
| Julio Iglesias[b] | Rosy Armen[b][c] | "Gwendolyne" | Julio Iglesias |
| Karolyne | Albert Band (Albert) | "Hoy quiero cantar" | Joan Solé Tutusaus, Vicente Roca |
| Manolo, de Los Catiros[d] | Rosalía | "Igual que yo" | Luisa Margarita Girón |
| Basilio | Voces Amigas (Javier de Miguel) | "Jamás la olvidaré" | Pablo Herrero, Carlos Fernández-Prida |
| Los Gritos (Manolo Galván) | Cristina | "Me gusta, me gusta" | Ramón Simó, José Solá |
| Julio Ramos | Tuset 31 (Jordi y José María) | "Novia para Miguel" | Juan Carlos Calderón |
| Luisita Tenor[e] | Rosa Mary y Javier | "Sí, después" | Javier Vidal |
| Donna Hightower[f] | Julián Granados | "Soy feliz" | Alfonso Sainz |
| Errol y Los Tops | Altamira 3 | "Tal vez mañana" | Carlos Bermúdez |
| Luciana Wolf | Vicente Pizarro | "Un manantial de barro" | José Ángel Cardona, Miguel Ángel Tapia |
| Voces Amigas (Tony) | Mocedades (Sergio y Estíbaliz) | "Un mundo mejor" | José Luís Armenteros, Pablo Herrero |
| Mocedades (Rafael Blanco) | Tuset 31 (Javier) | "Viejo marino" | Pedro Iturralde, Alberto Bourbon |
Semi-finals
editThe semi-finals took place on 12 and 13 February 1970. On both shows, ten songs were first performed by one of its assigned singers, and then again by the other singer. After the second semi-final, ten songs qualified for the final through jury voting from 15 regional Radio Nacional de España, TVE, and Radio Peninsular studios, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs. The number of votes received by each song was announced, but were not reflected in the official TV excerpts from semi-final 2, or in contemporary reports.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First act | Second act | |||
| 1 | Elena | Ernesto | "Bienvenido" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Karlo y las Hermanas Ros | Los Musicales | "Carrusel" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Jaime Morey | Maya | "De pronto, tú" | Qualified |
| 4 | Franciska | Nino Bravo | "Esa será mi casa" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Rafaleón | Los Valldemosa | "Fiesta" | Qualified |
| 6 | Rosalía | Manolo, de Los Catiros | "Igual que yo" | Qualified |
| 7 | Luisita Tenor | Rosa Mary y Javier | "Sí, después" | Qualified |
| 8 | Los Dos | Los 80 Centavos | "Balada del maderero" | Qualified |
| 9 | Voces Amigas | Mocedades | "Un mundo mejor" | Qualified |
| 10 | Basilio | Voces Amigas | "Jamás la olvidaré" | Qualified |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First act | Second act | |||
| 1 | Julio Iglesias | Rosy Armen | "Gwendolyne" | Qualified |
| 2 | Cristina | Los Gritos | "Me gusta, me gusta" | Qualified |
| 3 | Mocedades | Tuset 31 | "Viejo marino" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Luciana Wolf | Vicente Pizarro | "Un manantial de barro" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Julio Ramos | Tuset 31 | "Novia para Miguel" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Donna Hightower | Julián Granados | "Soy feliz" | Qualified |
| 7 | Johnny Valentino | Ángela Escribano | "Balada de invierno" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Los Mismos | Gaby Berger | "Don Juan" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Karolyne | Albert Band | "Hoy quiero cantar" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Errol y Los Tops | Altamira 3 | "Tal vez mañana" | Eliminated |
Final
editThe final took place on 14 February 1970. As in the semi-finals, each song was performed twice by its different performers. In the event that the winner song had two Spanish singers, the juries would vote again to decide which artist would perform the song at the Eurovision Song Contest; if the song was shared with a foreign artist, the Spanish singer would become the Eurovision representative. 15 regional juries, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs, selected "Gwendolyne" as the winning song. As Rosy Armen was a French singer, Julio Iglesias was automatically chosen as the Spanish artist for Eurovision.[2][3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First act | Second act | ||||
| 1 | Manolo, de Los Catiros | Rosalía | "Igual que yo" | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Los Dos | Los 80 Centavos | "Balada del maderero" | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Jaime Morey | Maya | "De pronto, tú" | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Rafaleón | Los Valldemosa | "Fiesta" | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Basilio | Voces Amigas | "Jamás la olvidaré" | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | Voces Amigas | Mocedades | "Un mundo mejor" | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Luisita Tenor | Rosa Mary y Javier | "Sí, después" | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Julio Iglesias | Rosy Armen | "Gwendolyne" | 37 | 1 |
| 9 | Los Gritos | Cristina | "Me gusta, me gusta" | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Donna Hightower | Julián Granados | "Soy feliz" | 3 | 7 |
| Draw | Song | Las Palmas
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Cuenca
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Tenerife
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La Coruña
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Barcelona (RNE)
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Málaga
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Oviedo
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Murcia
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Sevilla
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San Sebastián
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Zaragoza
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Barcelona (TVE)
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Madrid (RNE)
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Valencia
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Madrid (TVE)
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Igual que yo" | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Balada del maderero" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | "De pronto, tú" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | "Fiesta" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Jamás la olvidaré" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 | "Un mundo mejor" | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | "Sí, después" | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Gwendolyne" | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | ||
| 9 | "Me gusta, me gusta" | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Soy feliz" | 2 | 1 | 3 |
At Eurovision
editThe Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Julio Iglesias performed "Gwendolyne" ninth in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. Augusto Algueró conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 8 points, tying for the fourth place with France and Switzerland.
Voting
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Notes
edit- ^ Replacement for Henry Stephen, who was originally selected.
- ^ a b "Trio La La La" provided the backing vocals and were credited by the hosts.
- ^ Replacement for Andee Silver, who was originally selected.
- ^ Replacement for Victoriano Ortiz, who was originally selected.
- ^ Replacement for J. Thomas, who was originally selected.
- ^ Replacement for Tony Ronald, who was originally selected.
References
edit- ^ "Edición del domingo, 01 febrero 1970, página 9 - Hemeroteca - Lavanguardia.es". hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ del Amor Caballero, Reyes (20 May 2004). "Segunda parte de las preselecciones españolas, 1970-2004". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Spain National Final 1970". natfinals.50webs.com.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.